May 22, 1847

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Epistle to the Editors

May

Whitney's Improved Wiring Machine

A Stumper

A Gentle Hint

A Careful Woman

Jack Tars at Vera Cruz

An Army of Colporteurs

Keep it Before the People

A Modest Editor

No License in Boston

Grand Rapids

The Widow of Gen. Pike

Trade in Mexico

Specie by the Ton

Boston Water Works

American Iron

The Quickest Trip

The Latest Method of Raising the Wind

Legacy Lost

A Sorry Blank

Gold Leaf

The Power of the Press

Telegraphic

Southern Eloquence

Late From Mexico

German Colony

Late From Europe

Precocious Housekeepers

Durability of Oak

Chinese Enterprise

Change of Front

Remarks

The Fortunes of Inventors

Complete Union

Rara Avis

Onward

Æolian Improvement

Drowning vs. Storming

A Huge Vine

New Rotary Brick Machine

An Old Ship

Æolian Harp

The Spider's Thread

Sowing Flower Seeds

New Corn Drying Machine

Removing Incrustation in Boilers

Prevention of Fire

A Fanning Chair for Summer

Musical Ceilings

Grand Improvement in Iron Manufacture

Farming Utensils of the Mexicans

Pernicious Papers

Miss Herschell

Good Society

Freak of Lightning

The Boston Lines

Substitute for Hemp

Prolonged Sport

American Seamstresses

Mexico City

Austin's Perpetual Motion

They Will Not be Permanent

The Southern Magnetic Telegraph

The New Postage Law

A Good Sign

Travelling in the Air

To New Subscribers

Professional and Mechanical Remuneration

Index to the New York Municipal Gazette

Howitzers

Moose in Maine

Puddling Iron

AirLine Rail Road Between New York and Boston

The Sugar Cane

Power of Song

History of Architecture

Caution

Obituary

Materials for Confiagration

Wanted

Relief Item

First Volume

Fruit Trees

Composition Ornaments

The Bent Lever

Mechanical Movements

The Art of Painting

To Make Letters or Flowers of Blue on Polished Steel

Enameling Cast Iron

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